Changes proposed to the state pension system leave many frustrated
The Government announced recently changes to the state pension due to take effect in 2017 which aims to be far simpler by doing away with complex means testing and earnings related top up payments. This has left many people who have paid into the pension systems concerned that they will lose benefits.
Welcome to the Stone Age!
The EU´s 2050 Energy Roadmap proposes cuts in carbon emissions of 80-90%. Nick Griffin MEP gave a speech this week at the European Parliament to discuss the Energy Roadmap.
In the event of an emergency...
After the meteors that hit Russia recently, a constituent wrote in asking about what plans exist in the event that this type of event was to happen to this part of Europe.
The EU's secret ballots regarding budget cuts
Mail to the constituency mailbox recently congratulated Cameron on his success during the EU budget meeting in bringing the overall EU budget down. However it went on to describe how the European Parliament’s President was organising a secret ballot to veto the budget cuts.
Violence agaisnt women and the green elephant in the room
Nick spoke this week at the Parliament about grooming and violence against women and young girls and the denial surrounding this tragic problem in society.
Cyprus pressured by EU Troika
The Parliament of Cyprus should be congratulated for reflecting the will of the people and rejecting the demands for cuts and austerity measures from EU-led financiers.
Illegal Immigrants are free to abscond and riot under EU Law
Two recent judgments in Italy and Greece have found detainees innocent of the charges that were brought against them by the local authorities following escape from one migration detention centre and rioting in another. Courts ruled that the actions of detained migrants in opposing their detention conditions were legitimate.
Nick makes an inquiry into police brutality
Here Nick Griffin, MEP, talks about the Miners strike and particularly the 'Battle of Orgreave'. That's the name given to a confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984.
Council of Europe wants to oust democratically elected members
The parliamentary assembly of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, the oldest European institution which specialises in human rights, is considering a ban on some of its members if they are affiliated with parties that they consider 'neo-Nazi, racist and anti-Semitic'.
Only a traitor and a coward would deny the British people their voice on Europe
Since 2010 BRUSSELS red tape has cost British businesses and taxpayers £695 million, and Britain has passed 422 laws because of the EU since the Coalition came to power.